This document is an in-depth look in the political clubs during the 1790’s and there views on how to change France. This also looks at what they did to influence the people of France and the clubs key figures.
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Political clubs
Jacobins
•
left
wing ' '
•
Acquired the nickname the Jacobin club because
the of
it 's home in Paris was
liberty an ex -
Dominican ( otherwise known as Jacobin ) monastery on
the rue Saint -
Honore .
.
Club met
daily after the
Assembly had finished ,
1790 there 152
and
by August were Jacobin
clubs across France .
deputies but the
Initially all Members were
•
,
club rapidly the end of 1790
grew to over 1000
by ,
with it 's members of the
bourgeois membership
mostly being as
fee 's were
high .
•
In 1791 the club adopted a more radical
position , which led Some members to break and
form the Feuillant club
away
moderate in July 1791 .
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Fees were reduced and from October 1791 artisans
and shopkeepers Joined in large numbers .
Cordeliers
•
left wing
•
Nickname from the place where it met : a former Franciscan
monastery on the rue des Cordeliers .
relocated in 1791 the Salle du Musee Dauphine but
May to on rue
•
,
kept it 's old name .
Claimed Protect and the
to citizens
right keep a watch on
Assembly
•
Entry fee was minimal and membership open to all
including
•
,
women and Passive citizens
•
Founded by Georges Danton and Camille Desmoulins , Jean -
Paul
Marat was a member
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